Hypocholesterolaemia in hairy cell leukaemia

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7017, 1995, Pages 1437-

  Hinnie, John ^a   Stj O'reilly, Dennis ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKINE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

CELL PROLIFERATION; GAUCHER DISEASE; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOCYTOMA; LETTER; LIPID METABOLISM; MYELOFIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; TUMOR CELL; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BLOOD; BRAIN PATHOLOGY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FUTILITY; INTENTION; NOTE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BRAIN PATHOLOGY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FUTILITY; INTENTION;

CHOLESTEROL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0028972111     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7017.1437b     Document Type: Letter

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